$500 Milestone!

We had a blessed Easter weekend!

Once again, thank you, family and friends, for the continued prayers, financial support, sincere interest, and good questions!

We have reached a $500 landmark on the way to our first $2,000 goal!

Gareth wants to list the donors on the blog, but I told him they might want to remain anonymous. Some are, and some are not. If you'd like to see the amounts given and some names, click the "Give Now" to the right (it simply takes you to the YouCaring website; it does not mandate a donation).

We are in between the 2nd and 3rd (out of 4 total) homestudy interviews. The interviews have been pretty simple, straightforward, and easygoing so far. Our social worker will schedule our 3rd interview when we complete the ten-hour training course online (it consists of 9 modules, and we must complete them individually). The course is from the National Council for Adoption. It teaches us from learning about our country, to learning about the Hague Convention, to common developmental delays in adoptees, to what to do and not to do when we meet our child, to the adoptee's medical care when we return home, and finally, to how we grow together as a family.

Regarding funding, as I've already said, we've been so blessed so far, not only with the amount you see over there to the right, but with some outside and private donations as well.

I have a friend working on a t-shirt design currently, and we are going to have a Newk's night later this month (we help Newk's restaurant in Hattiesburg advertise and serve from 5-8 p.m. and they give us 10% of the profit)!
I will let you know the exact date when I am sure.

Also, Gareth is going to lead the music at his home church in Waynesboro (Winchester United Methodist Church) this Sunday night (April 7) at 4 p.m. for a love offering. Along the same lines, he will be playing at the William Carey University coffee house (Common Grounds) in May for tips. We have some business cards on the way that contain our Amazon Affiliate link, our blog web address, and our mailing address. So things are rolling!

We have earned $85.11 through the Amazon Affiliate link! Keep purchasing at http://tinyurl.com/ag594uh !

Hungary Fact of the Day: Hungary's monetary unit is the forint; the exchange rate is approximately 230 forints per 1 U.S. dollar.